[nfbcs] Copying a name

Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org
Tue Dec 4 17:55:07 UTC 2012


My coworker Roy taught me that one actually.

On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 10:04:40AM -0600, Steve Jacobson wrote:
Doug,

How do you find these things?  I often how much more efficient I would be if I only knew what I didn't know.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:31:48 -0600, Curtis Chong wrote:

>Doug:

>Very useful.  I did not know about shift-applications in Windows Explorer.
>It gives you the complete file name--with path<smile>.

>Very truly yours,

>Curtis Chong



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>In at least Windows Vista and 7, you can also get the full path to the
>file, rather than just its name, thus: Move to the file you want in
>the list of files and folders, then type the Shift key with the
>Applications key and choose "Copy as Path." This option appears only
>when you use Shift with the Applications key, not if you use just the
>Applications key by itself. It copies the full file path to the
>clipboard.

>On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 07:04:19PM +0530, Kiran wrote:
>Hi,

>It is possible, please follow these steps

>In explorer let the focus be on the file whose name u want to copy, say the
>file name is annual-report.doc.

>Press function key f2.

>This is used to rename the file and hence it turns into edit box. Likely
>leaving .doc or .docx extension.

>Press ctrl + c here

>N u shall have copied the file name. 



>Kiran S Deshpande
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>On 03-Dec-2012, at 6:56 PM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:

>> If I'm in Windows Explorer, is there a way to copy a file name to the
>> clipboard?
>> There are times it would be handy  to paste a filename into a document,
>> instead of having to type it out.
>> I don't want the file, just the name.
>> I'm using Windows XP, if it makes a difference.
>> Thanks.
>> Tracy
>> 
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